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Solidarity Vigil / Protest for Kurdish Prisoners of Conscience

“We are very heartened with the rumblings of freedom that are putting an end to the rule of families owning countries in the Middle East. As the United States and its allies help the Libyans to free themselves from tyranny of Qaddafi, we urge the same forces to heed the domination of one race, the Turks, over the other, the Kurds, in Turkey. As Kurdish-Americans, we ask that the Obama administration appoint a special envoy to meet with the duly elected Kurdish representatives in Turkish Kurdistan. It will cost less than the operation over the skies of North Africa,” said Kani Xulam, the director of the American Kurdish Information Network (AKIN).

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Letters to the Kurdish Patriots — 2 —

Unlike the Red Sea that parts to accommodate another emergency for another people, the Kurdish mountains remain impervious to the larger drama of its children. In the words of one character, they devour especially “children under three years old and [the] elderly.”

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Letters to the Kurdish Patriots ( I )

Letters to the Kurdish Patriots ( I ) A Reflection on the book: “Rahman the Kurd” Kani Xulam September 15, 2010 July 13, 1989 will forever be remembered as a day of treachery in the annals of the Kurdish history for as long as there are...

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